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    Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6 percent to $175.5 million during the July-September quarter, according to the country's Export Promotion Bureau. The category was the only bright spot in Bangladesh leather sector, whose total exports declined by 17.5 percent to $267.9 million. This will make it ...

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    Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current financial year, indicating that a very hot and long summer affected its sales, resulting in heavy discounting, and delayed the switch to autumn/winter season. The big e-tailer is now expecting its revenues to grow at the low end of its ...

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    Consumers in Europe predominantly look for comfort in shoes. This...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Consumers in Europe predominantly look for comfort in shoes. This is one of the key findings from the three-year project Fit to Comfort (Fit2Com), funded by the European Commission's Erasmus + program. The results of the project were presented in a workshop on “Skills and Competencies of the future” last ...

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    Selfridges, one of the few major department store organizations that...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Selfridges, one of the few major department store organizations that are performing well, has reported a slightly increased net profit of £181 million (€205.6m-$235.0m) on 11.5 percent higher sales of £1.75 billion (€2.0bn-$2.3bn) for the financial year ended Feb. 3. The management told The Times that one of the factors ...

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    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three months ended June 30, beating the financial analysts' average consensus that they would reach $143.6 million and resulting in an operating profit of $16.1 million. Michael Kors Holdings, which bought the brand last year, gave no comparative figures for the ...

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    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370 million (€414.4m-$469.9m) this year, according to Footwear News. For the U.K.-based luxury shoe company, which was taken over by Cinven at the beginning of 2016 for £245 million (€274.4m-$311.2m), that would compare with a turnover of £330 million for the ...

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    Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...

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    Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which raised its sales by 41 percent for the six months. Asics organized a partnership with Foot Patrol and an event at the Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the popular Gel Saga shoe, along with projects with Kiko Kostadinov, the fashion ...

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    Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership and management, has disclosed a target of €300 million for its turnover by 2021, up from the present level of around €265 million, in an interview with German magazine Capital. Much of the progress is expected to come from the ...

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    A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms Superfit at the top with a market share of 33.8 percent of the German market for the spring/summer 2018 season in the “little children” category, up from 32.4 percent a year earlier. The Austrian brand was followed in this category ...

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    Rieker continues to lead the German market for comfort and...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Rieker continues to lead the German market for comfort and wellness shoes. According to a study conducted by the European Clearing Center in behalf of Schuhkurier, Rieker had a 15.4 percent share in this market segment in terms of value for the sell-out of the spring/summer 2018 season, up from ...

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    Stuart Weitzman is still in the doldrums. Due to ongoing...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Stuart Weitzman is still in the doldrums. Due to ongoing problems with product development and deliveries, the brand posted a sales decline of 17 percent, down to $73 million, in the fourth quarter of its parent company's financial year, ended June 30. The brand generated an operating loss of $21 ...

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    Santoni registered a 12 percent sales increase to a total...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Santoni registered a 12 percent sales increase to a total of €81 million in 2017. This was followed by a 10 percent sales increase in the first half of 2017, driven by positive performance in its key markets in Europe and the U.S. Sneakers have come to account for almost ...

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    Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of its World Footwear Yearbook, which can be ordered for €250 on www.worldfootwear.com

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    Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the first half of this year. While the Gabor brand's revenues went up by 3 percent to €184 million, the licensed Camel Active line grew slightly to €18.5 million and the licensing business declined to €5.5 million. The group sold a ...

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    Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all the retail chains controlled by the Inditex group last year, representing 12 percent of its total turnover of €25.34 billion, compared with a 7.4 percent increase for brick-and-mortar sales. All the banners, including Zara, benefited from a strong integration between ...

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    German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in their sales during the first half of 2018, according to the European Clearing Center. The reasons were mainly a nearly non-existent spring season, an early Easter holiday and the distraction caused by the Fifa World Cup. The only exception was ...

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    E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes &...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes & Bags during the first half of this year. According to preliminary figures, the Polish-based retailer's consolidated sales across Central Europe were up by 9.6 percent to 2,024.2 million zlotys (€469.5m-$545.5m) during the six-month period. Revenues from e-commerce showed a 54.4 ...

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    Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its turnover fell by 8 percent to $1,886 million during Nike's financial year, which ended on May 31. At constant exchange rates, it declined by 11 percent, with a drop of 14 percent in the fourth quarter. The brand's operating profit ...

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    The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...